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The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 3rd study session on Dr. Colin Anthony Beckles' PanAfrican Sites of Resistance: Black Bookstores and The Struggle To Re-Present Black Identity. This 1995 dissertation is the first time in the illustrious 14 year history of The Katherine Massey Book Club that we will read a non-book. Dr. Beckles conducted an extraordinary amount of research and produced several reports documenting the import of black bookstores and the intense Racism targeting them. Having just completed Char Adams' Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore, Gus concluded the text willfully excluded Dr. Frances Cress Welsing and Neely Fuller Jr. to stress anti-sexual behavior and to practice black misandry. Reading Dr. Beckles' - who is briefly mentioned in Adams' work, dissertation is the corrective to Black-Owned. Last week, we learned we about the methods Dr. Beckles employed in this study - which sometimes included eavesdropping and video-recording store patrons. Listeners discussed the ethics of snooping on black book buyers. Apparently, one subject of conversation in these stores is the existence of black "sellouts" and "zombies."Dr. Beckles also gave us a comprehensive history of White Supremacy in Britain to provide context for the targeting of black bookstores in this area of the world. Racist wankers don't want us reading across the pond either. #COINTELPRO #YoungBlackAndUnemployed INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943#
Have you ever wondered why women's stories keep disappearing from history—and what that means for our lives today?In this episode of The Art of Badassery podcast, I talk with two-time New York Times bestselling author and sociologist Anna Malaika Tubbs about her book Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us and how patriarchy was intentionally designed into the United States' founding structures to keep power with white elite men through rights like land ownership and voting. Anna shares how her global, nomadic upbringing shaped her belief that change is possible, and she opens up about personal hardships, including losing her mother at 29 and facing sexism, racism, and ageism in the spotlight as her husband rose in politics. We discuss how American history is a constant tug-of-war between those defending the original social order and those fighting for a real democracy, why Black women have been central to recognizing the system as constructed, why some women still defend patriarchy through proximity to power, and what it looks like to stay spiritually grounded while taking action. Connect with Anna Malaika TubbsWebsite - https://annamalaikatubbs.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annamalaikatubbsNew Book Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From US First Book The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped A Nation
Ahead of her new book What's So Great About the Great Books? coming out in April, Naomi Kanakia and I talked about literature from Herodotus to Tony Tulathimutte. We touched on Chaucer, Anglo-Saxon poetry, Scott Alexander, Shakespeare, William James, Helen deWitt, Marx and Engels, Walter Scott, Les Miserables, Jhootha Sach, the Mahabharata, and more. Naomi also talked about some of her working habits and the history and future of the Great Books movement. Naomi, of course, writes Woman of Letters here on Substack.TranscriptHenry Oliver: Today, I am talking with Naomi Kanakia. Naomi is a novelist, a literary critic, and most importantly she writes a Substack called Woman of Letters, and she has a new book coming out, What's So Great About the Great Books? Naomi, welcome.Naomi Kanakia: Thanks for having me on.Oliver: How is the internet changing the way that literature gets discussed and criticized, and what is that going to mean for the future of the Great Books?Kanakia: How is the internet changing it? I can really speak to only how it has changed it for me. I started off as a writer of young adult novels and science fiction, and there's these very active online fan cultures for those two things.I was reading the Great Books all through that time. I started in 2010 through today. In the 2010s, it really felt like there was not a lot of online discussion of classic literature. Maybe that was just me and I wasn't finding it, but it didn't necessarily feel like there was that community.I think because there are so many strong, public-facing institutions that discuss classic literature, like the NYRB, London Review of Books, a lot of journals, and universities, too. But now on Substack, there are a number of blogs—yours, mine, a number of other ones—that are devoted to classic literature. All of those have these commenters, a community of commenters. I also follow bloggers who have relatively small followings who are reading Tolstoy, reading Middlemarch, reading even much more esoteric things.I know that for me, becoming involved in this online culture has given me much more of an awareness that there are many people who are reading the classics on their own. I think that was always true, but now it does feel like it's more of a community.Oliver: We are recording this the day after the Washington Post book section has been removed. You don't see some sort of relationship between the way these literary institutions are changing online and the way the Great Books are going to be conceived of in the future? Because the Great Books came out of a an old-fashioned, saving-the-institutions kind of radical approach to university education. We're now moving into a world where all those old things seem to be going.Kanakia: Yes. I agree. The Great Books began in the University of Chicago and Columbia University. If you look into the history of the movement, it really was about university education and the idea that you would have a common core and all undergraduates would read these books. The idea that the Great Books were for the ordinary person was really an afterthought, at least for Mortimer Adler and those original Great Books guys. Now, the Great Books in the university have had a resurgence that we can discuss, but I do think there's a lot more life and vitality in the kind of public-facing humanities than there has been.I talked to Irina Dumitrescu, who writes for TLS (The Times Literary Supplement), LRB (The London Review of Books), a lot of these places, and she also said the same thing—that a lot of these journals are going into podcasts, and they're noticing a huge interest in the humanities and in the classics even at the same time as big institutions are really scaling back on those things. Humanities majors are dropping, classics majors are getting cut, book coverage at major periodicals is going down. It does seem like there are signals that are conflicting. I don't really know totally what to make of it. I do think there is some relation between those two things.Ted Gioia on Substack is always talking about how culture is stagnant, basically, and one of the symptoms of that is that “back list” really outsells “front list” for books. Even in 2010, 50 percent of the books that were sold were front-list titles, books that had been released in the last 18 months. Now it's something like only 35 percent of books or something like that are front-list titles. These could be completely wrong, but there's been a trend.I think the decrease in interest in front-list books is really what drives the loss of these book-review pages because they mostly review front-list books. So, I think that does imply that there's a lot of interest in old books. That's what our stagnant culture means.Oliver: Why do you think your own blog is popular with the rationalists?Kanakia: I don't know for certain. There was a story I wrote that was a joke. There are all these pop nonfiction books that aim to prove something that seems counterintuitive, so I wrote a parody of one of those where I aim to prove that reading is bad for you. This book has many scientific studies that show the more you read, the worse it is because it makes you very rigid.Scott Alexander, who is the archrationalist, really liked that, and he added me to his blog roll. Because of that, I got a thousand rationalist subscribers. I have found that rationalists at least somewhat interested in the classics. I think they are definitely interested in enduring sources of value. I've observed a fair amount of interest.Oliver: How much of a lay reader are you really? Because you read scholarship and critics and you can just quote John Gilroy in the middle of a piece or something.Kanakia: Yeah. That is a good question. I have definitely gotten more interested in secondary literature. In my book, I really talk about being a lay reader and personally having a nonacademic approach to literature. I do think that, over 15 years of being a lay reader, I have developed a lot of knowledge.I've also learned the kind of secondary literature that is really important. I think having historical context adds a lot and is invaluable. Right now I'm rereading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. When I first read it in 2010, I hardly knew anything about French history. I was even talking online with someone about how most people who read Les Miserables think it's set in the French Revolution. That's basically because Americans don't really know anything about French history.Everything makes just a lot more sense the more you know about the time because it was written for people in it. For people in 1860s France, who knew everything about their own recent history, that really adds a lot to it. I still don't tend to go that much into interpretive literature, literature that tries to do readings of the stories or tell me the meaning of the stories. I feel like I haven't really gotten that much out of that.Oliver: How long have you been learning Anglo-Saxon?Kanakia: I went through a big Anglo-Saxon phase. That was in 2010. It started because I started reading The Canterbury Tales in Middle English. There is a great app online called General Prologue created by one of your countrymen, Terry Richardson [NB it is Terry Jones], who loved Middle English. In this app, he recites the Middle English of the General Prologue. I started listening to this app, and I thought, I just really love the rhythms and the sounds of Middle English. And it's quite easy to learn. So then, I got really into that.And then I thought, but what about Anglo-Saxon? I'm very bad at languages. I studied Latin for seven years in middle school and high school. I never really got very far, but I thought, Anglo-Saxon has to be the easiest foreign language you can learn, right? So, I got into it.I cannot sight read Anglo-Saxon, but I really got into Anglo-Saxon poetry. I really liked the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Most people probably would not like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle because it's very repetitive, but that makes it great if you're a language learner because every entry is in this very repetitive structure. I just felt such a connection. I get in trouble when I say this kind of stuff, because I'm never quiet sure if it's 100 percent true. But it's certainly one of the oldest vernacular literatures in Europe. It's just so much older than most of the other medieval literature I've read. And it just was such a window into a different part of history I never knew about.Oliver: And you particularly like “The Dream of the Rood”?Kanakia: Yeah, “The Dream of the Rood” is my favorite Anglo-Saxon poem. “The Dream of the Rood” is a poem that is told from the point of view of Christ's cross. A man is having a dream. In this dream he encounters Christ's cross, and Christ's cross starts reciting to him basically the story of the crucifixion. At the end, the cross is buried. I don't know, it was just so haunting and powerful. Yeah, it was one of my favorites.Oliver: Why do you think Byron is a better poet than Alexander Pope?Kanakia: This is an argument I cannot get into. I think this is coming up because T. S. Eliot felt that Alexander Pope was a great poet because he really exemplified the spirit of the age. I don't know. I've tried to read Pope. It just doesn't do it for me. Whereas with Byron, I read Don Juan and found it entertaining. I enjoyed it. Then, his lyric poetry is just more entertaining to read. With Alexander Pope, I'm learning a lot about what kind of poetry people wrote in the 18th century, but the joy is not there.Oliver: Okay. Can we do a quick fire round where I say the name of a book and you just say what you think of it, whatever you think of it?Kanakia: Sure.Oliver: Okay. The Odyssey.Kanakia: The Odyssey. Oh, I love The Odyssey. It has a very strange structure, where it starts with Telemachus and then there's this flashback in the middle of it. It is much more readable than The Iliad; I'll say that.Oliver: Herodotus.Kanakia: Herodotus is wild. Going into Herodotus, I really thought it was about the Persian war, which it is, but it's mostly a general overview of everything that Herodotus knew, about anything. It's been a long time since I read it. I really appreciate the voice of Herodotus, how human it is, and the accumulation of facts. It was great.Oliver: I love the first half actually. The bit about the Persian war I'm less interested in, but the first half I think is fantastic. I particularly love the Egypt book.Kanakia: Oh yeah, the Egypt book is really good.Oliver: All those like giant beetles that are made of fire or whatever; I can't remember the details, but it's completely…Kanakia: The Greeks are also so fascinated by Egypt. They go down there like what is going on out there? Then, most of what we know about Egypt comes from this Hellenistic period, when the Greeks went to Egypt. Our Egyptian kings list comes from the Hellenistic period where some scholar decided to sort out what everybody was up to and put it all into order. That's why we have such an orderly story about Egypt. That's the story that the Greeks tried to tell themselves.Oliver: Marcus Aurelius.Kanakia: Marcus Aurelius. When I first read The Meditations, which I loved, obviously, I thought, “being the Roman emperor cannot be this hard.” It really was a black pill moment because I thought, “if the emperor of Rome is so unhappy, maybe human power really doesn't do it.”Knowing more about Marcus Aurelius, he did have quite a difficult life. He was at war for most of his—just stuck in the region in Germany for ages. He had various troubles, but yeah, it really was very stoic. It was, oh, I just have to do my duty. Very “heavy is the head that wears the crown” kind of stuff. I thought, “okay, I guess being Roman emperor is not so great.”Oliver: Omar Khayyam.Kanakia: Omar Khayyam. Okay, I've only read The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, which I loved, but I cannot formulate a strong opinion right now.Oliver: As You Like It.Kanakia: No opinions.Oliver: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.Kanakia: Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I do have an opinion about this, which is that they should make a redacted version of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. I normally am not a big believer in abridgements because I feel like whatever is there is there. But, Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, first of all, has a long portion before Boswell even meets Johnson. That portion drags; it's not that great. Then it has all these like letters that Johnson wrote, which also are not that great. What's really good is when Boswell just reports everything Johnson ever said, which is about half the book. You get a sense of Johnson's conversation and his personality, and that is very gripping. I've definitely thought that with a different presentation, this could still be popular. People would still read this.Oliver: The Communist Manifesto.Kanakia: The Communist Manifesto. It's very stirring. I love The Communist Manifesto. It has very haunting, powerful lines. I won't try to quote from it because I'll misquote them.Oliver: But it is remarkably well written.Kanakia: Oh yeah, it is a great work of literature.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: I read Capital [Das Kapital], which is not a great work of literature, and I would venture to say that it is not necessarily worth reading. It really feels like Marx's reputation is built on other political writings like The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and works like that, which really seem to have a lot more meat on the bone than Capital.Oliver: Pragmatism by William James.Kanakia: Pragmatism. I mean, I've mentioned that in my book. I love William James in general. I think William James was writing in this 19th-century environment where it seemed like some form of skepticism was the only rational solution. You couldn't have any source of value, and he really tried to cut through that with Pragmatism and was like, let's just believe the things that are good to believe. It is definitely at least useful to think, although someone else can always argue with you about what is useful to believe. But, as a personal guide for belief, I think it is still useful.Oliver: Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.Kanakia: No strong opinions. It was a long time ago that I read Major Barbara.Oliver: Tell me what you like about James Fenimore Cooper.Kanakia: James Fenimore Cooper. Oh, this is great. I have basically a list of Great Books that I want to read, but four or five years ago, I thought, “what's in all the other books that I know the names of but that are not reputed, are not the kind of books you still read?”That was when I read Walter Scott, who I really love. And I just started reading all kinds of books that were kind of well known but have kind of fallen into literary disfavor. In almost every case, I felt like I got a lot out of these books. So, nowadays when I approach any realm of literature, I always look for those books.In 19th-century American literature, the biggest no-longer-read book is The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, which was America's first bestseller. He was the first American novelist that had a high reputation in Europe. The Last of the Mohicans is kind of a historical romance, à la Walter Scott, but much more tightly written and much more tightly plotted.Cooper has written five novels, the Leatherstocking Tales, that are all centered around this very virtuous, rough-hewn frontiersman, Natty Bumppo. He has his best friend, Chingachgook, who is the last of the Mohicans. He's the last of his tribe. And the two of these guys are basically very sad and stoic. Chingachgook is distanced from his tribe. Chingachgook has a tribe of Native Americans that he hates—I want to say it's the Huron. He's always like, “they're the bad ones,” and he's always fighting them. Then, Natty Bumppo doesn't really love settled civilization. He's not precisely at war with it, but he does not like the settlers. They're kind of stuck in the middle. They have various adventures, and I just thought it was so haunting and powerful.I've been reading a lot of other 19th-century American literature, and virtually none of it treats Native Americans with this kind of respect. There's a lot of diversity in the Native American characters; there's really an attempt to show how their society works and the various ways that leadership and chiefship works among them. There's this very haunting moment in The Last of the Mohicans, where this aged chief, Tamenund, comes out and starts speaking. This is a chief who, in American mythology, was famous for being a friend to the white people. But, James Fenimore Cooper writing in the 1820s has Tamenund come out at 80 years old and say, “we have to fight; we have to fight the white people. That's our only option.” It was just such a powerful moment and such a powerful book.I was really, really enthused. I read all of these Leatherstocking Tales. It was also a very strange experience to read these books that are generally supposed to be very turgid and boring, and then I read them and was like, “I understand. I'm so transported.” I understand exactly why readers in the 1820s loved this.Oliver: Which Walter Scott books do you like?Kanakia: I love all the Walter Scott books I've read, but the one I liked best was Kenilworth. Have you ever read Kenilworth?Oliver: I don't know that one.Kanakia: Yeah, it's about Elizabeth I, who had a romantic relationship with one of her courtiers.Oliver: The Earl of Essex?Kanakia: Yeah. She really thought they were going to get married, but then it turned out he was secretly married. Basically, I guess the implication is that he killed his wife in order to marry Queen Elizabeth I. It's a novel all about him and that situation, and it just felt very tightly plotted. I really enjoyed it.Oliver: What did you think of Rejection?Kanakia: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte? Initially when I read this book, I enjoyed it, but I was like, “life cannot possibly be this sad.” It's five or six stories about these people who just have nothing going on. Their lives are so miserable, they can't find anyone to sleep with, and they're just doomed to be alone forever. I was like, “life can't be this bad.” But now thinking back over it, it is one of the most memorable books I've read in the last year. It really sticks with you. I feel like my opinion of this book has gone up a lot in retrospect.Oliver: How antisemitic is the House of Mirth?Kanakia: That is a hotly debated question, which I mentioned in my book. I think there has been a good case made that Edith Wharton, the author of House of Mirth, who was from an old New York family, was herself fairly antisemitic and did not personally like Jewish people. What she portrays in this book is that this old New York society also was highly suspicious of Jewish people and was organized to keep Jewish people out.In this book there is a rich Jewish man, Simon Rosedale, and there's a poor woman, Lily Bart. Lily Bart's main thing is whether she's going to marry the poor guy, Lawrence Selden, or the rich guy, Percy Gryce. She can't choose. She doesn't want to be poor, but she also is always bored by the rich guys. Meanwhile, through the whole book, there's Simon Rosedale, who's always like, “you should marry me.” He's the rich Jewish guy. He's like, “you should marry me. I will give you lots of money. You can do whatever you want.”Everybody else kind of just sees her as a woman and as a wife; he really sees her as an ally in his social climbing. That's his main motivation. The book is relatively clear that he has a kind of respect for her that nobody else does. Then, over the course of the book, she also gains a lot more respect for him. Basically, late in the book, she decides to marry him, but she has fallen a lot in the world. He's like, “that particular deal is not available anymore,” but he does offer her another deal that—although she finds it not to her taste—is still pretty good.He basically is like, “I'll give you some money, you'll figure out how to rehabilitate your reputation, and later down the line, we can figure something out.” So, I think with a great author like Edith Wharton, there's power in these portrayals. I felt it hard to come away from it feeling like the book is like a really antisemitic book.Oliver: Now, you note that the Great Books movement started out as something quite socially aspirational. Do you think it's still like that?Kanakia: I do think so. Yeah. For me, that's 100 percent what it was because I majored in econ. I always felt kind of inadequate as a writer against people who had majored in English. Then I started off as a science fiction writer, young adult writer, and I was like, “I'm going to read all these Great Books and then I'll have read the books that everybody else has read.” In my mind, that's also what it was—that there was some upper crust or literary society that was reading all these Great Books.That's really what did it. I do think there's still an element of aspiration to it because it's a club that you can join, that anyone can join. It's very straightforward to be a Great Books reader, and so I think there's still something there. I think because the Great Books movement has such a democratic quality to it, it actually doesn't get you to the top socially, which has always been the true, always been the case. But, that's okay. As long as you end up higher than where you started, that's fine.Oliver: What makes a book great?Kanakia: I talk about it this in the book, and I go through many different authors' conceptions of what makes a book great or what constitutes a classic. I don't know that anyone has come up with a really satisfying answer. The Horatian formulation from Horace—that a book is great or an author is great if it has lasted for a hundred years—is the one that seems to be the most accurate. Like, any book that's still being read a hundred years after it was written has a greatness.I do think that T. S. Eliott's formulation—that a civilization at its height produces certain literature and that literature partakes of the greatness of the civilization and summarizes the greatness of the civilization—does seem to have some kind of truth to it.But it's hard, right? Because the greatest French novel is In Search of Lost Time, but I don't know that anyone would say that the France in the 1920s was at its height. It's not a prescriptive thing, but it does seem like the way we read many of these Great Books, like Moby Dick, it feels like you're like communing with the entire society that produced it. So, maybe there's something there.Oliver: Now, you've used a list from Clifton Fadiman.Kanakia: Yes.Oliver: Rather than from Mortimer Adler or Harold Bloom or several others. Why this list?Kanakia: Well, the best reason is that it's actually the list I've just been using for the last 15 years. I went to a science fiction convention in 2009, Readercon, and at this science fiction convention was Michael Dirda, who was a Washington Post book critic. He had recently come out with his book, Classics for Pleasure, which I also bought and liked. But he said that the list he had always used was this Clifton Fadiman book. And so when I decided to start reading the Great Books, I went and got that book. I have perused many other lists over time, but that was always the list that seemed best to me.It seemed to have like the best mix. There's considerable variation amongst these lists, but there's also a lot of overlap. So any of these lists is going to have Dickens on it, and Tolstoy, and stuff like that. So really, you're just thinking about, “aside from Dickens and Tolstoy and George Eliot and Walt Whitman and all these people, who are the other 50 authors that you're going be reading?”The Mortimer Adler list is very heavy on philosophy. It has Plotinus on it. It has all these scientific works. I don't know, it didn't speak to me as much. Whereas, this Clifton Fadiman and John Major list has all these Eastern works on it. It has The Tale of Genji, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Story of the Stone, and that just spoke to me a little bit more.Oliver: What modern books will be on a future Great Books list, whether it's from someone alive or someone since the war.Kanakia: Have you ever heard of Robert Caro?Oliver: Sure.Kanakia: Yeah. I think his Lyndon Johnson books are great books. They have changed the field of biography. They're so complete, they seem to summarize an entire era, epoch. They're highly rated, but I feel like they're underrated as literature.What else? I was actually a little bit surprised in this Clifton Fadiman-John Major book, which came out in 1999, that there are not more African Americans in their list. Like, Invisible Man definitely seemed like a huge missed work. You know, it's hard. You would definitely want a book that has undergone enough critical evaluation that people are pretty certain that it is great. A lot of things that are more recent have not undergone that evaluation yet, but Invisible Man has, as have some works by Martin Luther King.Oliver: What about The Autobiography of Malcolm X?Kanakia: I would have to reread. I feel like it hasn't been evaluated much as a literary document.Oliver: Helen DeWitt?Kanakia: It's hard to say. It's so idiosyncratic, The Last Samurai, but it is certainly one of the best novels of the last 25 years.Oliver: Yeah.Kanakia: It is hard to say, because there's nothing else quite like it. But I would love if The Last Samurai was on a list like this; that would be amazing.Oliver: If someone wants to try the Great Books, but they think that those sort of classic 19th-century novels are too difficult—because they're long and the sentences are weird or whatever—what else should they do? Where else should they start?Kanakia: Well, it depends on what they're into, or it depends on their personality type. I think like there are people who like very, very difficult literature. There are people who are very into James Joyce and Proust. I think for some people the cost-benefit is better. If they're going to be pouring over some book for a long time, they would prefer if it was overtly difficult.If they're not like that, then I would say, there are many Great Books that are more accessible. Hemingway is a good one and Grapes of Wrath is wonderful. The 19th-century American books tend to be written in a very different register than the English books. If you read Moby Dick, it feels like it's written in a completely different language than Charles Dickens, even though they're writing essentially at the same time.Oliver: Is there too much Freud on the list that you've used?Kanakia: Maybe. I know that Interpretation of Dreams is on that list, which I've tried to read and have decided life is too short. I didn't really buy it, but I have read a fair amount of Freud. My impression of Freud was always that I would read Freud and somehow it would just seem completely fanciful or far out, like wouldn't ring true. But then when I started reading Freud, it was more the opposite. I was like, oh yeah, this seems very, very true.Like this battle between like the id and the ego and the super ego, and this feeling that like the psyche is at war with itself. Human beings really desire to be singular and exceptional, but then you're constantly under assault by the reality principle, which is that you're insignificant. That all seemed completely true. But then he tries to cure this somehow, which does not seem a curable problem. And he also situates the problem in some early sexual development, which also did not necessarily ring true. But no, I wouldn't say there's too much. Freud is a lot of fun. People should read Freud.Oliver: Which of the Great Books have you really not liked?Kanakia: I do get asked this quite a bit. I would say the Great Book that I really felt like—at least in translation—was not that rewarding in an unabridged version was Don Quixote. Because at least half the length of Don Quixote is these like interpolated novellas that are really long and tedious. I felt Don Quixote was a big slog. But maybe someday I'll go back and reread it and love it. Who knows?Oliver: Now you wrote that the question of biography is totally divorced from the question of what art is and how it operates. What do you think of George Orwell's supposition that if Shakespeare came back tomorrow, and we found out he used to rape children that we should—we would not say, you know, it's fine to carry on to doing that because he might write another King Lear.Kanakia: Well, if we discovered that Shakespeare was raping children, he should go to prison for that. No. It's totally divorced in both senses. You don't get any credit in the court of law because you are the writer of King Lear. If I murdered someone and then I was hauled in front of a judge and they were like, oh, Naomi's a genius, I wouldn't get off for murder. Nor should I get off for murder.So in terms of like whether we would punish Shakespeare for his crime of raping children, I don't think King Lear should count at all, but it's never used that way. It's never should someone go to prison or not for their crimes, because they're a genius. It's always used the other way, which is should we read King Lear knowing that the author raped children, but I also feel like that is immaterial. If you read King Lear, you're not enabling someone to rape children.Oliver: There's an almost endless amount of discussion these days about the Great Books and education and the value of the humanities, and what's the future of it all. What is your short opinion on that?Kanakia: My short opinion is that the Great Books at least are going to be fine. The Great Books will continue to be read, and they would even survive the university. All these books predate the university and they will survive the university. I feel like the university has stewarded literature in its own way for a while now and has made certain choices in that stewardship. I think if that stewardship was given up to more voluntary associations that had less financial support, then I think the choices would probably be very different. But I still think the greatest works would survive.Oliver: Now this is a quote from the book: “I am glad that reactionaries love the Great Books. They've invited a Trojan horse into their own camp.” Tell us what you mean by that.Kanakia: Let's say you believed in Christian theocracy, that you thought America should be organized on explicitly Christian principles. And because you believe in Christian theocracy, you organize a school that teaches the Great Books. Many of these schools that are Christian schools that have Great Books programs will also teach Nietzsche. They definitely put some kind of spin on Nietzsche. But they will teach anti-Christ, and that is a counterpoint to Christian morality and Christian theology. There are many things that you'll read in the Great Books that are corrosive to various kinds of certainties.If someone who I think is bad starts educating themselves in the Great Books, I don't think that the Great Books are going to make them worse from my perspective. So it's good.Oliver: How did reading the Mahabharata change you?Kanakia: Oh yeah, so the Mahabharata is a Hindu epic from, let's say, the first century AD. I'm Indian and most Indians are familiar with the basic outline of the Mahabharata story because it's told in various retellings, and there's a TV serial that my parents would rent from the Indian store growing up and we would watch it tape by tape. So I'm very familiar with it. Like there's never been a time I have not known this story.But I was also familiar with the idea that there is a written version in Sanskrit that's extremely long. It is 10 times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. This Mahabharata story is not that long. I've read a version of it that's about 800 pages long. So how could something that's 10 times this long be the same? A new unabridged translation came out 10 years ago. So I started reading it, and it basically contains the entire Sanskrit Vedic worldview in it.I had never been exposed to this very coherently laid-out version of what I would call Hindu cosmology and ethics. Hindus don't really get taught those things in a very organized way. The book is basically about dharma, the principle of rightness and how this principle of rightness orders the universe and how it basically results in everybody getting their just deserts in various ways. As I was reading the book, I was like, this seems very true that there is some cosmic rebalancing here, and that everything does turn out more or less the way it should, which is not something that I can defend on a rational level.But just reading the book, it just made me feel like, yes, that is true. There is justice, the universe is organized by justice. It took me about a year to read the whole thing. I started waking up at 5:00 a.m. and reading for an hour each morning, and it just was a really magical, profound experience that brought me a lot closer to my grandmother's religious beliefs.Oliver: Is it ever possible to persuade someone with arguments that they should read literature, or is it just something that they have to have an inclination toward and then follow someone's example? Because I feel like we have so many columns and op-eds and “books are good because of X reason, and it's very important because of Y reason.” And like, who cares? No one cares. If you are persuaded, you take all that very seriously and you argue about what exactly are the precise reasons we should say. And if you're not persuaded, you don't even know this is happening.And what really persuades you is like, oh, Naomi sounds pretty compelling about the Mahabharata. That sounds cool. I'll try that. It's much more of a temperamental, feelingsy kind of thing. Is it possible to argue people into thinking about this differently? Or should we just be doing what we do and setting an example and hoping that people will follow.Kanakia: As to whether it's possible or not, I do not know. But I do think these columns are too ambitious. A thousand-word column and the imagined audience for this column is somebody who doesn't read books at all, who doesn't care about literature at all. And then in a thousand-word column, you're going to persuade them to care about literature. This is no good. It's so unnecessary.Whereas there's a much broader range of people who love to read books, but have never picked up Moby Dick or have never picked up Middlemarch, or who like maybe loved Middlemarch, but never thought maybe I should then go on and read Jane Austen and George Eliot.I think trying to shift people from “I don't read books at all; reading books is not something I do,” to being a Great Books card-carrying lover of literature is a lot. I really aim for a much lower result than that, which is to whatever extent people are interested in literature, they should pursue that interest. And as the rationalists would say, there's a lot of alpha in that; there's a lot to be gained from converting people who are somewhat interested into people who are very interested.Oliver: If there was a more widespread practice of humanism in education and the general culture, would that make America into a more liberal country in any way?Kanakia: What do you mean by humanism?Oliver: You know, the old-fashioned liberal arts approach, the revival of the literary journal culture, the sort of depolitical approach to literature, the way things used to be, as it were.Kanakia: It couldn't hurt. It couldn't hurt is my answer to that question.Oliver: Okay.Kanakia: What you're describing is basically the way I was educated. I went to Catholic school in DC at St. Anselm's Abbey School, in Northeast, DC, grade school. Highly recommend sending your little boys there. No complaints about the school. They talked about humanism all the time and all these civic virtues. I thought it was great. I don't know what people in other schools learn, but I really feel like it was a superior way of teaching.Now, you know, it was Catholic school, so a lot of people who graduated from my school are conservatives and don't really have the beliefs that I have, but that's okay.Oliver: Tell us about your reading habits.Kanakia: I read mostly ebooks. I really love ebooks because you can make the type bigger. I just read all the time. They vary. I don't wake up at 5:00 a.m. to read anymore. Sometimes if I feel like I'm not reading enough—because I write this blog, and the blog doesn't get written unless I'm reading. That's the engine, and so sometimes I set aside a day each week to read. But generally, the reading mostly takes care of itself.What I tend to get is very into a particular thing, and then I'll start reading more and more in that area. Recently, I was reading a lot of New Yorker stories. So I started reading more and more of these storywriters that have been published in the New Yorker and old anthologies of New Yorker stories. And then eventually I am done. I'm tired. It's time to move on.Oliver: But do you read several books at once? Do you make notes? Do you abandon books? How many hours a day do you read?Kanakia: Hours a day: Because my e-reader keeps these stats, I'd say 15 or 20 hours a week of reading. Nowadays because I write for the blog, I often think as I'm reading how I would frame a post about this. So I look for quotes, like what quote I would look at. I take different kinds of notes. I'll make more notes if I'm more confused by what is going on. Especially with nonfiction books, I'll try sometimes to make notes just to iron out what exactly I think is happening or what I think the argument is. But no, not much of a note taker.Oliver: What will you read next?Kanakia: What will I read next? Well, I've been thinking about getting back into Indian literature. Right now I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. But there's an Indian novel called Jhootha Sach, which is a partition novel that is originally in Hindi. And it's also a thousand pages long, and is frequently compared to Les Miserables and War and Peace. So I'm thinking about tackling that finally.Oliver: Naomi Kanakia, thank you very much.Kanakia: Thanks for having me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.commonreader.co.uk
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Some notes. Question from DrCivilRightsGuy Hey guys. It's MLK weekend and I feel the Democrats sold black people a promise of prosperity and then decided to renig, ergo their situation may be worse now than before the civil rights movement. Many leaders came out of that flotsam, both MLK and Malcolm X rose above the rest. Both were very pro-gun but had different ideas on how to fight injustice. What does the cast think could have happened if the 70s went X's way instead of MLK's? What would both say about how things are now? Also, did nick just drop an n-bomb and then call those two heroes “sambos”? DrCivilRightsGuy Question from Anonymous Coward from Michigan With NFA stamps costing $0, I'm about to SBR a metric ton of lowers and would like to do my own NFA engraving. Anyone have experience with laser engravers and if so, any recommendation? 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On this episode, Donna and Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs sat down for a live book talk at Wayne State University for their Black History Month program. Anna, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, whose work explores the intersection of history, sociology and gender, is best known for her book The Three Mothers, which examines the lives and influence of the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin.Together, they honor these three mothers and discuss how their ideas, labor, and love shaped American history. They also connect their work to Detroit's legacy, the erasure of women throughout history, and how Black women can reclaim their narratives in the present day.To learn more about Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs and her work, click here. Support the showFollow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
We wrap up Black History Month with trivia and discuss the real dangers of traveling to Mexico amidst escalating cartel violence. Things get heated as the crew debates if real friends are obligated to like your social media posts, and whether skipping a birthday shoutout is the ultimate friendship dealbreaker. Finally, we break down the BAFTA Awards Tourette's controversy, the 50 Cent vs. T.I. beef, and ask the tough question: does wearing heavy makeup count as catfishing?Timeline & Chapters: - Episode Intro & Catching Up - Black History Month Trivia: Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X & More - History Spotlight: Barack Obama's Presidency & DACA - Cartel Violence & Why Traveling to Mexico is Dangerous Right Now - Animal Safari Fears & Hannah's Pet Monkey "Abdul" - Core Conflict: Do Friends Have To Like Your Social Media Posts? - Birthday Etiquette: Texting vs. Posting & Milestone Photoshoots - The Beauty Debate: Does Heavy Makeup Turn You Into A Catfish? - Pop Culture: The BAFTA Awards Tourette's Controversy Cent vs. T.I. Beef & The Giant Veneers Trend - Thoughts on Neck Tattoos, Grills & Episode Outro Produced by: Palm Wine Central ProductionsListen On: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon MusicWatch more: https://www.youtube.com/@pwcpodcast
MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, author Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how these three women shaped American history. Original air date: February 27, 2026.TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Discover the movie that beat Black Panther for the top spot as we rank the 28 best Black films ever made. In this special Black History Month episode, Diandre Robinson assembles the "Black Avengers" of the podcast network—CJ, Jazz, Josh, and Kendra—to debate the definitive list of cinema's most impactful stories.From the gritty streets of Boyz n the Hood to the royal courts of Zamunda and Wakanda, the crew breaks down the cultural significance, box office success, and rewatchability of these legendary movies. We argue over Denzel Washington's greatest performances, discuss if the upcoming film Sinners is already a classic, and test our knowledge with lyrical trivia and budget-guessing games.The debate gets heated as we face off between nostalgia and modern masterpieces. Does Eddie Murphy's comedic genius in Coming to America outweigh the superhero phenomenon of the MCU? Is Get Out the greatest horror film of this generation? We cover honorable mentions, shocking snubs, and the specific movies that defined our childhoods. Watch to see where classics like Malcolm X, Lean on Me, Harlem Nights, and Love & Basketball land in this blind ranking showdown.#topblackfilms #topblackmovies #comingtoamerica #bestblackmovies #mustwatchmoviesCHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro & Movie Rankings01:10 - Lyrically Correct Music Game05:15 - Best Black Movies Honorable Mentions06:34 - Ranking Top 28-11 Black Films11:20 - The Harder They Fall Review11:36 - What's Love Got to Do with It11:40 - Remember the Titans Analysis11:57 - The Pursuit of Happyness Discussion13:03 - Don't Be a Menace Review15:10 - The Color Purple Classic15:28 - Antwone Fisher Movie Talk15:43 - Notorious B.I.G. Biopic Review17:15 - Do the Right Thing Spike Lee17:28 - New Jack City Film Breakdown17:39 - The Five Heartbeats Musical Drama18:48 - John Q Denzel Washington Performance23:33 - Harlem Nights Comedy Classic28:27 - Crooklyn Spike Lee Film32:00 - Lean on Me Morgan Freeman36:10 - Boyz n the Hood Masterpiece42:06 - Malcolm X Biopic Discussion45:20 - Get Out Jordan Peele Horror49:20 - Get Out Sunken Place Theory50:12 - Sinners Movie Trailer Reaction54:34 - Cinders Film Discussion59:58 - Coming to America Eddie Murphy1:06:14 - Final Movie Ranking Thoughts1:10:20 - Next Month Content Preview1:11:19 - Current TV Show Recommendations1:15:00 - Daniel's Top Binge Watches1:15:10 - Technical Difficulties & Bloopers1:17:18 - Outro & Closing Remarks
Known by the end of his life as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the Black Nationalist leader best known as Malcolm X died at just 39. Despite his short life, however, his legacy continues to this day.Don is joined by Clarence Lang today, who introduces us to this legendary figure and takes us through the events that made him who he was.Clarence is the Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts and professor of African American studies at Penn State. He is currently working on his third book, 'Malcolm X: A Political Biography of Black Nationalism and the African American Working Class'.Edited by Tim Arstall, produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for. Featuring: Film Participants: James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Dick Cavett, Marlon Brando, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and many more Credits: Host: Anita Johnson Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonorain Learn More: http://www.iamnotyournegrofilm.com/ http://www.magnoliapictures.com/ https://studios.amazon.com/ James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) Interview with James Baldwin on Sexuality - Richard Goldstein Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world.
In this special Black History Month PSA edition of the Y Health Podcast, Dr. Cougar Hall reflects on the purpose and importance of Black History Month through a public health lens. He explores why this observance exists, tracing its origins from Negro History Week in 1926 to its expansion into a month-long recognition of the achievements, resilience, and enduring contributions of Black Americans. Dr. Hall highlights the often-overlooked legacy of Dr. William Hinton — a pioneering physician, researcher, and educator whose groundbreaking work in diagnostic medicine advanced public health despite the racial barriers he faced. Through Hinton's story, listeners are invited to consider how historical omissions shape our understanding of science, medicine, and progress. The episode also examines how education, travel, and cross-cultural experiences broaden perspective and deepen empathy. Drawing on reflections from Malcolm X's pilgrimage to Mecca and Ta-Nehisi Coates' transformative experiences abroad, Dr. Hall discusses how exposure to diverse communities can challenge assumptions, reshape worldviews, and foster meaningful growth. This thoughtful episode encourages listeners to expand their understanding of history, engage in critical thinking, and recommit to lifelong learning in pursuit of truth, empathy, and shared humanity. Be sure to follow the Y Health Podcast so you never miss an episode. Resources from this episode:Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Autobiography of Malcom X As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X Recorded, Edited & Produced by Averee Bates, Christy Gonzalez, Harper Xinyu Zhang, Madison McArthur, Kailey Hopkins, and Tanya Gale
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In this concluding Black History Month Episode, I provide an abbreviated sketch of the great history of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad with present day work happening in Camden, New Jersey.Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson Sr….we have heard mention of these incredible men and their contribution towards equity and justice for the Black man and woman in America. But we learn very little, if anything at all, about the Nation of Islam (founded in 1930) and how the revolutionary ideology of ‘Self Love' and ‘Do For Self' influenced their efforts, inspired the Black Community and impacted national and international leaders alike.The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, was described by Reader's Digest as the ‘Most powerful Black man in America' and we have not seen any modern economist, sociologist, educator or psychologist impact Black people the way he did.Because of this influence, one finds in COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) documents how the FBI endeavored, through substantially illegal and unethical efforts, to ‘Prevent The Rise of A Black Messiah' amongst Black Americans who would have the power to unite and electrify them. The federal government's efforts sought to disrupt, discredit and misdirect Black nationalist groups, including the Nation of Islam, and to neutralize them in the public sphere because, 'In unity, there is strength.' One can claim they achieved great success as so little is known and accurately understood about the Nation of Islam.This episode seeks to provide a condensed sketch of that history.To learn more about the history of the Nation of Islam visit CROE.ORG. CROE (Coalition for Remembrance of Elijah Muhammad) serves as the National Archives of the Nation of Islam. Also, visit TEMPLE20.ORG to learn how the application of ‘Self Love' and ‘Do For Self' can impact our local communities as it is in Camden, New Jersey.If you would like to engage with the podcast, submit your listener questions to info@NurahSpeaks.com. Listeners can also learn more by visiting NurahSpeaks.com.You can follow Nurah Speaks on X, Instagram and Facebook @NurahSpeaks and subscribe to the channel on YouTube.
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Make it Plain returns for a new series on the 61st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. For this first episode we are featuring Malcolm's speech in 1962 in LA to rally protest the police killing of Nation of Islam member Ronald Stokes. We always say to listen to Malcolm, so we are running the speech in full (all proceeds to the Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Education Center in Harlem, from this episode). Kehinde opens talking about the death of Jesse Jackson and reflecting on the age of the Southern Wolf, where the racism on both sides of the Atlantic is right in your face. For US Black History Month get your copy of Kehinde's book on Malcolm X Nobody Can Give You Freedom. Watch the documentary at: https://youtu.be/7ZBZyaruoGo?si=zzDwdNZtI1WrA3J2 Out now in the UK at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460078/nobody-can-give-you-freedom-by-andrews-kehinde/9780241681176. In the US at https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kehinde-andrews/nobody-can-give-you-freedom/9781645030706/?lens=bold-type-books Support Make it Plain: https://make-it-plain.org/support-us/ Join Harambee OBU https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ Find out about the Convention for Afrikan People: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ Written and hosted by Kehinde Andrews Produced by Kadiri Andrews Artwork by Assata Andrews
We return with another solo back to back, this time featuring the category of Actors for this week's “This or That” segment. Later on, we dive in deep as we review the films Malcom X (1992) and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. We also discuss Jade Cargill's reign thus far as WWE Women's Champion, quoting movies in conversation, car air fresheners, & SO MUCH MORE!
di Gianluca Briguglia | In questa seconda parte entriamo nel cuore della vita di Malcolm X. Dall'infanzia spezzata dal razzismo al carcere, dove l'incontro con Elijah Muhammad e la Nation of Islam gli offre disciplina, fede e una nuova identità: quella “X” che cancella il nome dello schiavo e apre a un futuro da costruire. Diventato il più potente oratore del movimento, Malcolm si contrappone frontalmente a Martin Luther King Jr. e alla non-violenza, predicando autodifesa e separazione. Ma la rottura con la setta, il viaggio alla Mecca e la scoperta di un Islam universale trasformano ancora una volta il suo pensiero. Lo avvicineranno alla nonviolenza di King e anche, inesorabilmente, alla sua stessa morte. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on SELECTED SHORTS, guest host DeRay Mckesson presents four works that consider the Black experience in America from bold perspectives. Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm recalled her historic victory in her essay “Unbought and Unbossed.” An excerpt is read by Crystal Dickinson. James Baldwin's powerful letter to his nephew, “My Dungeon Shook,” is read by Christopher Jackson. Poet Sonia Sanchez recalls a life-altering encounter with Malcolm X in “Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue,” read by Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Percival Everett turns the tables on Southern racists in “The Appropriation of Cultures,” read by Wren T. Brown. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this transformative episode, Inside the Vault with Ash Cash sits down with Imam Rashad Abdul, a scholar of Quranic Arabic, comparative religion, and Black liberation theology, to explore one of the most important conversations in the Black community today: the relationship between Christianity, Islam, identity, and economic empowerment.Imam Rashad breaks down:– Why 20–40% of enslaved West Africans were Muslim – The real link between Christianity, Islam, and Black liberation – What the Quran actually says about Jews and Christians – Why Jesus was never worshiped as God in early Christianity – How both faiths can unite to transform the Black community – The economic blueprint inside scripture — wealth, stewardship, and power – Why miseducation keeps Black people divided spiritually and financially – How Islam in America evolved from the Nation of Islam to modern Sunni practice – Identity, trauma, and the psychology of choosing faith – What new Muslims must know when embracing IslamThis episode isn't about debate. It's about truth, unity, and empowerment for a people who share the same history, the same struggle, and the same need for collective elevation.Follow Imam Rashad Abdul: @rashadabdul_ Follow Inside the Vault: @InsideTheVault Follow Ash Cash: @IAmAshCash⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — The statement that shook the room: “Jesus never said ‘I am God.'” 00:22 — Why 20–40% of enslaved Africans were Muslim 00:54 — Islam as a liberating message for Black America 01:21 — Judaism, Christianity & Islam: shared historical roots 01:55 — Religion, control & why faith became political 02:14 — Inside the Vault introduction 02:29 — Who is Imam Rashad Abdul? 03:04 — Why this conversation matters for Black unity 03:42 — Christianity, Islam & money: the foundation of America 04:07 — The first controversial question about Jesus' divinity 05:28 — Why Black Christians & Black Muslims share the same history 06:18 — Fatherhood, trauma & psychological patterns in our community 07:54 — Slavery's impact on Black religious identity 09:12 — Early Black Christian interpretations vs European Christianity 10:58 — Why many African Americans choose Islam today 12:48 — How West African Islamic culture shaped Black America 13:23 — How Islam entered America through the Nation of Islam 14:47 — Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad & Black liberation theology 16:33 — Christianity used as psychological control during slavery 17:08 — “We are one people” — unity over division 18:04 — Why Muslims cannot disconnect from their community 19:08 — What the Quran actually says about Jews & Christians 21:10 — The Trinity vs the Quranic concept of God 22:56 — How Greek philosophy influenced the New Testament 24:50 — Cultural context & how theology evolved after Jesus 25:54 — Islam's teachings on money, wealth & stewardship 27:38 — Wealth as responsibility, not greed 29:20 — Adam's story & human potential 31:05 — Joseph & economic intelligence in scripture 33:22 — Zakat: purifying wealth and uplifting the poor 35:10 — Is wealth spiritually dangerous? 36:42 — Religion, poverty & controlling the masses 38:01 — How Prophet Muhammad modeled entrepreneurship 39:18 — Independence vs dependency in the Black community 40:51 — Why the Black Muslim economic model is powerful 42:31 — Cultural confusion vs true Islam 43:56 — Identity issues among Black Muslims 45:14 — The “Arabization” challenge in U.S. Islam 47:09 — Isolation of new Muslims & lack of mentorship 49:05 — The psychological legacy of “white Jesus” 50:18 — How Islam & Christianity overlap more than people realize 52:42 — Misunderstanding theology keeps us divided 54:56 — Why both faiths must unite economically 56:21 — The Jewish wealth blueprint & economic discipline 58:44 — Competing ideologies & ego in leadership 1:00:38 — Why Islamic growth threatens some leaders 1:02:45 — What the Black community is missing economically 1:04:11 — How Muslims & Christians can build together 1:05:43 — The future of Black religious leadership 1:08:22 — What new Muslims must know 1:10:04 — Taking shahada: what happens next 1:12:00 — Islam as a lifelong journey of growth 1:13:10 — Final wisdom from Imam Rashad 1:14:44 — Follow Imam Rashad & get his book 1:15:30 — Closing the VaultAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the Teach Different podcast, hosts Steve and Dan Fouts, along with guest Candace Fikis, explore a provocative quote by Malcolm X using the Teach Different Method. They discuss its implications for civil disobedience, the justification of violence, and the role of law in protests. They dive into the complexities of teaching controversial topics in the classroom, emphasizing the importance of creating a safe space for students to engage in discussions about current events and societal issues. The conversation highlights the need for educators to address these topics thoughtfully and encourages students to think critically about the methods of protest and the historical context surrounding them.Episode Chapters:00:00 - Introduction and Context Setting02:07 - Exploring Malcolm X's Quote05:21 - Diverging Perspectives on Protest and Violence13:06 - Consequences of Approaches to Injustice13:34 - Exploring the Complexity of Protest and Law16:23 - The Moral vs. Manmade Law Debate18:21 - Student Protests: Rights and Responsibilities22:36 - Counterclaims and Perspectives on Violence25:07 - Historical Context of Violence in Leadership27:45 - Current Events and the Role of Citizens32:48 - Teachers' Responsibilities in Discussing Controversial TopicsImage Source: Marion S. Trikosko (color by emijrp), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
In this episode of the podcast, Obi sits down with three-time Emmy Award winner, songwriter, and community leader Jabee for a real conversation about identity, purpose, and responsibility.Jabee opens up about why Malcolm X has shaped his mindset, what it means to fight injustice in everyday life, and how community work isn't just passion — it's a burden he feels called to carry. He breaks down his journey from getting booed at talent shows to winning three Emmys, and shares the unbelievable stories of replacing Nas and even Barack Obama on major commercial voiceovers.The conversation goes deeper as they unpack Black History Month, the Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma's hidden history, and the tension between African and Black American identity. Jabee speaks candidly about representation, narrative control, and the importance of knowing who you are.This episode is about more than music. It's about mission. It's about vision. It's about choosing not to give up — even when the weight is heavy.If this conversation resonated with you, share it with someone who needs it, leave a review, and tap in with us. Let us know what part hit home.Make sure to follow us. WONBYONE MHP IG: https://www.instagram.com/wonbyonepodcast WONBYONE IG: https://www.instagram.com/wonby1ne/ OBI EMEGANO IG: https://www.instagram.com/obiemegano/ VISIT US : http://wonby1ne.com PODCAST ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wonbyone-podcast/id1603115592 PODCAST ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/62QmQX4OTyMcyReHoHo2bi?si=ef0f8b43c7b446f6Podcast Questions
Send a textREPRISE - Ken welcomes pastor, historian, and special advisor to the President at Baylor University, Dr. Malcolm Foley. Just this month, his new book - The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward - has just been released. Dr. Foley shares something of his faith and spiritual journey. As an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, he majored in Finance and the Classics. After earning an M. Div. at Yale Divinity School, he completed his Ph.D. at Baylor. His dissertation focussed on the history of lynching in America, and the responses of African American Protestants to the horror of it all. Ken and Malcolm unpack the thesis of his new book: that racism is rooted in greed. They talk about his concept of racialized capitalism, the dominance of white supremacy, the witness of the “Church Fathers” and the biblical passages that deal with greed and wealth. In the 1987 movie Wall Street, Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas) declares, “Greed is good!” Dr. Foley disagrees. He takes a deep dive into the reality of lynching and the use of violence and terror to subjugate black folks. It's a hard look at history. They talk about Malcolm's heroes in the movement: Martin Luther King, Malcolm X (for whom he was named), and Ida B. Wells among many others. Toward the end of their lively conversation, Ken asks Dr. Foley about the current weaponization of phrases like DEI, Woke, and CRT which do not appear in the book. Don't miss Malcolm's response. SHOW NOTES (see links to the book and more about Dr. Foley)Support the showBecome a Patron - Click on the link to learn how you can become a Patron of the show. Thank you! Ken's Substack Page The Podcast Official Site: TheBeachedWhiteMale.com
El 16 de febrero de 1965, Malcolm X, cuyo verdadero nombre era Malcolm Little, recibió 16 disparos a la edad de 39 años. Activista por un Estado negro independiente, devolvió la dignidad a los estadounidenses negros en un Estados Unidos segregacionista. Casi medio siglo después de su muerte, la pregunta sigue siendo: ¿quién mató a Malcolm X? Los tiradores eran miembros de la “Nación del Islam”, de la que él era un miembro influyente, pero se desconoce quiénes fueron sus patrocinadores. Este asesinato convenía a ciertos líderes de la época. Malcolm X se acercó a Martin Luther King y a los líderes africanos que criticaban las políticas estadounidenses. ¿Hubo un plan estatal para eliminar a ciertos líderes negros?
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in front of hundreds of people at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. He was thirty-nine years old. Three men were arrested; and more than half a century later, critical questions remain unanswered.Who really killed Malcolm X?Who knew it was coming?And why did the truth take so long to emerge?Available wherever you stream podcasts!Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Audible!Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www.Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachineNYMM Merch! www.NYMysteryMachine.comHave a strange and/or paranormal story? Share it here!Don't forget to follow us on all the socials:Instagram:@NYMysteryMachine | TikTok:@NYMysteryMachine Bluesky:@nymysterymachine.bsky.social | X:@NYMysteries | Facebook:@NYMysteryMachine--THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:PRINTFUL: Design your own merch, apparel, and accessories by heading to www.printful.com/a/nymysterymachineAUDIBLE: Get a FREE 30 Day Trial by heading to www.AudibleTrial.com/NYMysteryMachineRIVERSIDE.FM: Looking to record podcast, but need software? Head to https://riverside.fm/?via=nymysterymachine
di Gianluca Briguglia | Per la prima volta il Bestiario Politico esce dai confini del Medioevo e si spinge nel Novecento, alla ricerca di un “animale politico” il cui eco risuona ancora oggi per radicalità e visione: Malcolm X. Viene ucciso nel 1965, a 39 anni, sotto gli occhi della sua gente. Ma questa storia non comincia con gli spari di Harlem. Per capire Malcolm bisogna tornare al 1852 e alla voce di Frederick Douglass, che accusa l'America di celebrare la libertà mentre tiene milioni di persone in catene. E poi attraversare gli anni Venti e incontrare Marcus Garvey, profeta dell'orgoglio nero e di una nazione panafricana ancora da costruire. In questa prima parte raccontiamo il mondo che precede Malcolm e lo rende possibile. La prossima settimana entreremo nel cuore della sua vita. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Suivez le parcours d'un homme dont la voix a bouleversé l'Amérique des années 60 : Malcolm X. Orateur fulgurant, militant radical, Malcolm X s'impose comme l'un des leaders les plus puissants du mouvement afro-américain. De la rue à la Nation of Islam, il transforme sa colère en discours, sa trajectoire personnelle en combat politique, et devient une figure aussi admirée que redoutée. Mais sa parole dérange. Surveillé par le FBI, menacé de toutes parts, lâché par ses anciens alliés, Malcolm X avance dans un climat de tensions extrêmes. Le 21 février 1965, il est abattu en pleine réunion à Harlem. L'assassinat choque le pays et ouvre une plaie qui ne s'est jamais refermée. Entre luttes internes, manipulations politiques et zones d'ombre judiciaires, La Traque de Malcolm X raconte comment un homme est devenu une cible — et pourquoi sa mort reste, encore aujourd'hui, une affaire brûlante. Mourir sur scène En 1964, Malcolm quitte la Nation of Islam, crée sa propre organisation et part en pèlerinage à La Mecque où il découvre un islam universel sans ségrégation. De retour aux États-Unis, il effectue une tournée internationale triomphale de 19 semaines qui renforce sa stature de leader mondial. Le 21 février 1965 à Harlem, Malcolm X est assassiné par balles lors d'un meeting à l'Audubon Ballroom par des tueurs de la NOI, tandis que le FBI et la police laissent faire sans intervenir. Pour découvrir une autre traque, cliquez ci-dessous : [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Identité Corse (1/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : 3 balles dans le dos (2/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : La solidarité des maquisards (3/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Perpétuité pour la résistance (4/4) Crédits : Production : Bababam Textes : Pierre Serisier Voix : Anne Cosmao, Aurélien Gouas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just nine days before he was assassinated, Malcolm X visited an unlikely place on 12th February, 1965: Smethwick, the industrial suburb of Birmingham that had recently gained a grim reputation as ‘the most racist town in Britain'. Having been refused entry to France, Malcolm X had been speaking at the London School of Economics when he was invited by Avtar Singh Jouhl of the Indian Workers' Association to come to Smethwick's Marshall Street, an ordinary residential road which had become a flashpoint for informal housing segregation. White residents shouted racist abuse at him. He saw signs advertising jobs declaring “coloured people need not apply”. He went to the Blue Gates pub, where a ‘colour bar' restricted service to non-white customers. After being denied service, he remarked that Smethwick felt “worse than America”. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly revisit the toxic politics of the 1964 general election, in which the notorious “If you want a n****r for a neighbour, vote Labour” slogan had surfaced in Smethwick; explain how the Conservative candidate Peter Griffiths entered Parliament under a cloud, with Prime Minister Harold Wilson labelling him a “parliamentary leper”; and consider how, just weeks before the Race Relations Act 1965 would ban discrimination in public places, Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick took place at pivotal moment in British race relations… CONTENT WARNING: racism, historical racist terminology Further Reading: • ‘The day Malcolm X came to Smethwick 60 years ago' (BBC News, 2025): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8yy312xkxo • ‘Malcolm X in “the most racist town in Britain” (Black Country Living Museum): https://bclm.com/our-museum/blog/malcolm-x-in-the-most-racist-town-in-britain/ • ‘Malcolm X: 60 years on from special Smethwick visit' (ITV, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eLVik05Wrs #UK #60s #Black #Racism Love the show? Support us! Join
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Suivez le parcours d'un homme dont la voix a bouleversé l'Amérique des années 60 : Malcolm X. Orateur fulgurant, militant radical, Malcolm X s'impose comme l'un des leaders les plus puissants du mouvement afro-américain. De la rue à la Nation of Islam, il transforme sa colère en discours, sa trajectoire personnelle en combat politique, et devient une figure aussi admirée que redoutée. Mais sa parole dérange. Surveillé par le FBI, menacé de toutes parts, lâché par ses anciens alliés, Malcolm X avance dans un climat de tensions extrêmes. Le 21 février 1965, il est abattu en pleine réunion à Harlem. L'assassinat choque le pays et ouvre une plaie qui ne s'est jamais refermée. Entre luttes internes, manipulations politiques et zones d'ombre judiciaires, La Traque de Malcolm X raconte comment un homme est devenu une cible — et pourquoi sa mort reste, encore aujourd'hui, une affaire brûlante. De la religion à la politique En 1958, Malcolm X devient ministre du Temple de Harlem et incarne une discipline rigoureuse qui inquiète le FBI. En 1960, il s'engage sur le terrain politique avec un discours retentissant, mais commet l'erreur de rencontrer le Ku Klux Klan en 1961. Les tensions explosent quand le FBI révèle les infidélités d'Elijah Muhamad, et Malcolm, sanctionné pour ses propos sur l'assassinat de Kennedy en novembre 1963, est suspendu et remplacé début 1964, comprenant que la rupture est inévitable. Pour découvrir une autre traque, cliquez ci-dessous : [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Identité Corse (1/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : 3 balles dans le dos (2/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : La solidarité des maquisards (3/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Perpétuité pour la résistance (4/4) Crédits : Production : Bababam Textes : Pierre Serisier Voix : Anne Cosmao, Aurélien Gouas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements. George Breitman, ed. w/Dorollo Nixon & Jesan Sorrells---00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Discussion of Malcolm X's speeches and Statements with Dorollo Nixon.02:00 "Black Revolution" by Malcolm X.06:30 The Literary Life of Malcolm X.08:43 Malcolm X's Impact on Leadership Culture.14:52 The Split in Black American Culture We All Live With.16:19 Separatist Movements in the United States of America.24:27 "The Ballot or the Bullet" by Malcolm X.30:23 Ballots, Bullets, and Black Lives Mattering: 60 Years on from Victory.35:55 Lack of Moral Force in Post-Modern Leadership.39:06 Heading to a Ukrainian War Rally.42:59 Leadership Gains Moral Authority from True Religion not from the Media.53:12 From Jerry Maguire to The Wire: It's Hard to "Sell" Revolution to Post-Modern Black Americans.55:34 "It is a Long Way from Heaven to Here." - Bubs, The Wire.01:04:04 Larry Bird and the 1988 NBA 3-Point Shootout.01:08:00 Malcolm X's Transformation with Orthodox Islam.01:12:55 "Mrs. Fani Lou Hamer" by Malcolm X.01:16:42 The Invisible Man Must Exit the Basement to Become Malcolm X.01:25:06 Leaders Change Requires Sacrifice.01:30:12 Leaders: Learn and Apply Wisdom from the Words of Malcolm X.01:33:03 Leadership Lessons from Malcolm X's Life and Work.01:39:53 Islam and House of Peace vs. House of War.01:42:38 Staying on the Leadership Path with Malcolm X's Speeches and Statements.---Opening theme composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!--- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl
On today's In Focus, we discuss the life of Malcolm X, one of the most polarizing figures of the civil rights era. Montgomery's Capri Theatre is presenting the movie "Malcolm X" in observance of Black History Month.
Suivez le parcours d'un homme dont la voix a bouleversé l'Amérique des années 60 : Malcolm X. Orateur fulgurant, militant radical, Malcolm X s'impose comme l'un des leaders les plus puissants du mouvement afro-américain. De la rue à la Nation of Islam, il transforme sa colère en discours, sa trajectoire personnelle en combat politique, et devient une figure aussi admirée que redoutée. Mais sa parole dérange. Surveillé par le FBI, menacé de toutes parts, lâché par ses anciens alliés, Malcolm X avance dans un climat de tensions extrêmes. Le 21 février 1965, il est abattu en pleine réunion à Harlem. L'assassinat choque le pays et ouvre une plaie qui ne s'est jamais refermée. Entre luttes internes, manipulations politiques et zones d'ombre judiciaires, La Traque de Malcolm X raconte comment un homme est devenu une cible — et pourquoi sa mort reste, encore aujourd'hui, une affaire brûlante. Malcolm Little devient Malcolm X En prison en 1946, Malcolm transforme sa rage en soif d'apprendre, puis découvre la Nation of Islam et adopte le nom de Malcolm X en rupture avec son passé. Libéré en 1952, il devient un recruteur charismatique qui multiplie par mille le nombre de fidèles et est nommé ministre du temple de Harlem en 1954. Son influence croissante auprès d'Elijah Muhamad provoque jalousies et tensions, tandis que la mort de Johnson Hinton tué par la police en 1957 le confronte à un dilemme : rester loyal ou s'engager politiquement. Le FBI et la police de New York font désormais de lui leur cible numéro 1. Pour découvrir une autre traque, cliquez ci-dessous : [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Identité Corse (1/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : 3 balles dans le dos (2/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : La solidarité des maquisards (3/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Perpétuité pour la résistance (4/4) Crédits : Production : Bababam Textes : Pierre Serisier Voix : Anne Cosmao, Aurélien Gouas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My History Month Lesson captured several perspectives and research from various peoples' sources on Africa's Libya's most beloved and respected President and Leader Muammar Gaddafi, our beloved respected Leader Kwame Nkrumah, Marcus Gavey, etc. on uniting Africa and on the United States of Africa. Our visionaries and ancesters includes black scientist Benjamin Banneker, Tupak Sukur on the Black Panthers, other Founders and Malcolm X and several truths about America. Leave Your Email Hit Subscribe Youtube Channel Oldskoolqueene Youtube Channel Song of the week for Podcast Episode Dark Chocolaty
Suivez le parcours d'un homme dont la voix a bouleversé l'Amérique des années 60 : Malcolm X. Orateur fulgurant, militant radical, Malcolm X s'impose comme l'un des leaders les plus puissants du mouvement afro-américain. De la rue à la Nation of Islam, il transforme sa colère en discours, sa trajectoire personnelle en combat politique, et devient une figure aussi admirée que redoutée. Mais sa parole dérange. Surveillé par le FBI, menacé de toutes parts, lâché par ses anciens alliés, Malcolm X avance dans un climat de tensions extrêmes. Le 21 février 1965, il est abattu en pleine réunion à Harlem. L'assassinat choque le pays et ouvre une plaie qui ne s'est jamais refermée. Entre luttes internes, manipulations politiques et zones d'ombre judiciaires, La Traque de Malcolm X raconte comment un homme est devenu une cible — et pourquoi sa mort reste, encore aujourd'hui, une affaire brûlante. La fuite en avant L'enfance de Malcolm est marquée par deux tragédies : l'incendie criminel de sa maison en 1929 par le Ku Klux Klan, puis la mort suspecte de son père en 1931, retrouvé mutilé sur des rails de tramway. Après l'internement psychiatrique de sa mère en 1939, Malcolm sombre dans la délinquance entre Boston et Harlem, vivant de cambriolages et de trafics dans l'univers des clubs de jazz. En 1946, à 20 ans, il est arrêté et condamné à huit à dix ans de prison pour port d'arme illégale et cambriolage. Pour découvrir une autre traque, cliquez ci-dessous : [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Identité Corse (1/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : 3 balles dans le dos (2/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : La solidarité des maquisards (3/4) [INÉDIT] Yvan Colonna, la Corse face au meurtre du Préfet : Perpétuité pour la résistance (4/4) Crédits : Production : Bababam Textes : Pierre Serisier Voix : Anne Cosmao, Aurélien Gouas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Koerner is a journalist and author associated with investigating and reporting claims that U.S. intelligence agencies were involved in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, and the death of JFK Jr. In presenting these allegations, Koerner examines declassified documents, witness testimony, historical inconsistencies, and the broader Cold War context. His work situates these assertions within ongoing debates about transparency, power, and accountability—while acknowledging that such claims are highly controversial, widely disputed, and not accepted by mainstream historical scholarship.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media
While leaders like Malcolm X became symbols of the Black nationalist movement, a new book is celebrating the life and work of a lesser-known icon. Dr. Ashley Farmer tells that story in her new book, “Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore.” Then, the Reverend and Georgia State Senator Kim Jackson joins “Closer Look with Rose Scott” for a conversation about the three bills she’s backing to locally prevent the aggressive immigration tactics the world has witnessed in Minnesota. The measures would require agents wear identification and prohibit face coverings and masks, require a legitimate warrant for an arrest, and allow people who feel their rights have been violated to sue ICE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Béchir Sylvain Béchir Sylvain is a multi-hyphenate Haitian-American actor, writer, director, and producer. He plays Sanford on the hit Marvel show Wonder Man, Leclerc in Jurassic World: Rebirth, "Glock" on Starz hit series, BMF season 3 and "Roman" on BET+ new hit comedy mystery series, Diarra From Detroit. He also played "AJ" on the TBS show Claws. Béchir is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Bechir studied drama at Southern Methodist University and was the creator of the award winning web series Make it happen. Bechir has performed at Arizona Theater Company, Gablestage, American Stage, Summer Shorts, Ground Up & Rising, Gorilla Theater and Theater 68 where he earned a Best Ensemble NAACP Theater Award win for his performance as Malcolm X in the play "The Meeting." Bechir also received the best actor Obie award in the theatrical production of The Royale by Marco Ramirez as the lead playing Jay "The Sport" Jackson. His television credits also include guest starring on Blindspotting (Starz), Black Summer (Netflix) Swat (CBS), Rookies:Feds (ABC) This is us, (NBC) Chicago, PD (NBC), Better Call Saul (AMC),Black-ish (ABC) Grace and Frankie (Netflix), Fuller House (Netflix) and The Mick (FOX). He was supporting lead in Haitian wedding and the Hallmark drama The Ultimate Life and a had supporting role in Holiday Hideaway, A stone cold Christmas, American Zeotrope's Life After Beth. Fluent in French and Haitian Creole, Bechir has appeared in numerous national and regional commercials. He was the inaugural grand prize winner of the ABC Discovers showcase and has won Best Actor at American Black Film Festival. Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and covers the latest trends in the film, tv, and entertainment industry, including interviews with global and local industry leaders, all told from a "Miami" point of view.
Bienvenue dans La Traque. Cette semaine, suivez le parcours d'un homme dont la voix a bouleversé l'Amérique des années 60 : Malcolm X. Orateur fulgurant, militant radical, Malcolm X s'impose comme l'un des leaders les plus puissants du mouvement afro-américain. De la rue à la Nation of Islam, il transforme sa colère en discours, sa trajectoire personnelle en combat politique, et devient une figure aussi admirée que redoutée. Mais sa parole dérange. Surveillé par le FBI, menacé de toutes parts, lâché par ses anciens alliés, Malcolm X avance dans un climat de tensions extrêmes. Le 21 février 1965, il est abattu en pleine réunion à Harlem. L'assassinat choque le pays et ouvre une plaie qui ne s'est jamais refermée. Entre luttes internes, manipulations politiques et zones d'ombre judiciaires, La Traque de Malcolm X raconte comment un homme est devenu une cible — et pourquoi sa mort reste, encore aujourd'hui, une affaire brûlante. Découvrez cette nouvelle saison prochainement disponible sur toutes les plateformes d'écoute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. If this show has brought you value, you can support it by becoming a member of The Way Forward, our platform designed to help you find the health and freedom community (people, practitioners, schools, farms, and more) near you. Your membership directly supports the podcast and the work we do: www.thewayfwrd.com/joinIt's time to re-evaluate the commonly accepted narratives about MLK, civil rights and the KKK…In this episode, I sit down with Chad O. Jackson for a long-form conversation about Martin Luther King Jr. and why his legacy still provokes such strong emotional and political reactions. Chad is an independent filmmaker and researcher whose work returns to primary sources and overlooked voices, and that lens shapes everything we talk about here.He recently participated in an MLK debate that ran for hours, creating space for historical context instead of sound bites and patience instead of performative rebuttals. That debate opens the door into a much larger conversation about history, memory, and how certain narratives become culturally untouchable.We dig into how the Civil Rights Movement is taught, celebrated, and reinforced from an early age, often without room for deeper examination. Chad draws from archival research, period publications, and primary documents, showing how interpretation influences public memory just as much as the facts themselves.This episode is for listeners who value critical thinking and aren't afraid to sit with uncomfortable questions.You'll Learn:[00:00] Introduction[08:52] What triggered Chad to investigate the MLK narrative[17:13] Challenging northern propaganda about slavery[27:40] Life for black Americans prior to the Civil Rights Movement[44:45] King's upbringing: born into wealthy black elite family, Daddy King's social gospel, and rejecting Christ's divinity by age 12[01:03:13] Why both the FBI and communists wanted the civil rights movement [01:09:38] The aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement [01:17:03] The MLK docuseries structure[01:34:42] The century-long project to separate blacks from Western civilization[01:49:41] Why classism is just another victimization trap[02:08:55] How hip hop culture has negatively impacted the black community[02:22:40] Malcom X and the Civil Rights Movement[02:42:02] The notion that fascism is a reaction to hyper liberalismResources Mentioned:Hatred and Profits: Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan by Fryer G. R. and Levitt D. S. | ArticleChristianity and the Social Crisis by Walter Rauschenbusch | BookMiss Anne in Harlem by Carla Kaplan | BookMovers and Shakers by Mabel Dodge Luhan | Book Find more from Chad:Chad O. Jackson | Website Chad O. Jackson | InstagramChad O. Jackson | YouTubeChad O. Jackson | XThe MLK Project | VimeoThe MLK Project | IMDb Find more from Alec:Alec Zeck | InstagramAlec Zeck | XThe Way Forward | InstagramThe Way Forward is Sponsored By:Designed for deep focus and well-being. 100% blue light and flicker free. For $50 off your Daylight Computer, use discount code: TWF50RMDY Academy & Collective: Homeopathy Made AccessibleHigh-quality remedies and training to support natural healing.Enroll hereExplore hereNew Biology Clinic: Redefine Health from the Ground UpExperience tailored terrain-based health services with consults, livestreams, movement classes, and more. Visit www.NewBiologyClinic.com and use code THEWAYFORWARD (case sensitive) for $50 off activation. Members get the $150 fee waived
Today our guest is Kendrick Claxton, Vice Principal at Central Middle School in Kansas City Public Schools. We talk about how positive school culture is built through systems that create belonging, safety, and consistent adult support. Kendrick shares how mentorship, trusted adults, and simple daily practices help students feel seen and supported. He highlights how consistency, not grand gestures, drives stronger engagement, safer schools, and better outcomes for students and staff. In this conversation, Kendrick offers clear answers to questions school leaders are asking every day: A sense of belonging is built when every student has a trusted adult and experiences consistent care. Simple systems like threshold greetings, and student feedback strengthen school culture and safety. Consistency matters more than programs because it creates psychological safety for students and staff. Strong mentorship supports higher engagement, fewer behavior incidents, and stronger academic outcomes. Learn More About CharacterStrong: Access FREE MTSS Curriculum Samples Request a Quote Today! Learn more about CharacterStrong Implementation Support Visit the CharacterStrong Website About Kendrick Claxton: Kendrick D. Claxton is a dedicated educator and transformational leader committed to empowering students and shaping the future of education. Serving as the Vice Principal of Central Middle School in Kansas City Public Schools, he brings a deep passion for student success, mentorship, and academic excellence. A proud native of Saint Louis, Missouri, Mr. Claxton's journey in education began in the classroom. His experience in the classroom shaped his belief that education is more than just instruction, it is a gateway to opportunity, a tool for empowerment, and the foundation for a brighter future. Guided by the words of Malcolm X, "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today," he has dedicated his career to ensuring that every student has access to that passport.
In this episode, we welcome Skip Lievsay, CAS. Skip is an Oscar-winning Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer who has worked on films including Blood Simple, The Color of Money, Raising Arizona, Goodfellas, The Silence of the Lambs, Cape Fear, Malcolm X, Casino, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, I Am Legend, Gravity, The Hunger Games, Birdman, Roma, Uncut Gems, A Quiet Place: Day One, and Marty Supreme. In our chat, he shares on his early days, about working with the Coen Brothers, and his creative approach to crafting sound in post. In March, Skip is being honored with the Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Award in Los Angeles, CA. The Making Of is presented by AJA:From cinema to proAV: gaining a competitive edge with streaming knowledgeThe worlds of cinema production and proAV are converging. Cinema-grade equipment is making its way into more stadiums, houses of worship, and concert venues. Because of this, professionals that understand the tools and disciplines powering both will stand out. Get ahead of the curve with the latest streaming insights and gear from AJA.Sony's Breakthrough Audio, Imaging and Sports Technologies Raise the Bar for the NFL's Super Bowl LX in San FranciscoSony's New Coach's Headsets, 175+ Cameras and Hawk-Eye Tracking and Video Technologies Capture Every Angle, Split‑Second Decision and High‑Speed Moment of the NFL's Biggest GameSony, an official technology partner of the NFL, announced today that its technology ecosystem will play an expanded role in Super Bowl LX, marking the company's most advanced presence at the NFL's championship game to date.Read more hereNow with Massive 8TB Capacity—Thunderbolt 5 SpeedThe OWC Envoy Pro Ultra now comes in a new 8TB capacity, pairing enormous space with next‑generation Thunderbolt 5 performance. With real‑world speeds over 6000 MB/s and a rugged, bus‑powered design, it's perfect for 4K/8K workflows, on‑location shoots, and fast media offloads. High‑speed, high‑capacity, and ready for serious creative work.Browse hereDonate to Help The Digital Cinema Society SurviveDCS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to keeping filmmakers current on motion picture technology is currently in dire financial straights. We are trying to make the best of a tough situation and asking those who can afford it to help keep us afloat.Please consider donating to DCS hereMeet LiveU Solo PRO:Deliver an outstanding live video experience with the LiveU Solo PRO. Designed for creators and professionals alike, the Solo PRO video encoder provides one-touch, wireless live streaming directly from your camera to popular online platforms and any web destination. Stream with confidence using bonded 4G/5G connectivity and enjoy superior reliability and image quality up to 4K resolution. To learn more, contact Videoguys at 800-323-2325.Learn more herePodcast Rewind:Feb. 2026 - Ep. 116.Feature your products or services in this newsletter and reach 250K+ film and TV industry professionals. To learn more, please email mvalinsky@me.com Get full access to The Making Of at themakingof.substack.com/subscribe
Black history is not a past tense story — it's a living blueprint. In this powerful and deeply reflective episode of Life Points with Ronda, we explore how Black survival, Black love, and Black leadership have always been targeted — and how the truth still lives in us today. We go beyond surface-level history to honor what has been endured, what has been stolen, and what has been built anyway. This episode includes a deeper discussion on the assassination of Fred Hampton and the government's fear of Black unity, the heartbreaking truth of Emmett Till and the sacred courage of his mother Mamie Till-Mobley, and why the voice of Malcolm X still speaks to modern Black identity, boundaries, dignity, and liberation. If you've ever felt emotionally exhausted, unseen, or like you're carrying generational weight in your relationships — this episode will bring you clarity, reverence, and remembrance. Because survival is not the same thing as love… and healing is part of Black history too. ✨ Subscribe to Life Points with Ronda for more powerful conversations on healing, relationships, emotional strength, and growth.
Send us a textThe evening starts messy—mics checking, bottles clinking—and turns into the kind of roundtable that makes you want to jump in. We swap theater hacks, laugh at the cost of a refill, then slide straight into memories of soundtracks that raised us: Juice, Poetic Justice, Above the Rim. From there, it's a full-on culture sprint through hip-hop's golden moments and its most eyebrow-raising lyrics, the bars we once shouted that now make us pause—and laugh anyway.We go deep on Black cinema: Friday's unstoppable quotables, Harlem Nights' all-star magic, New Jack City's street iconography, Love Jones' grown romance, School Daze and Do the Right Thing reshaping campus and city conversations. We throw love at biopics that set the bar—Denzel's Malcolm X and Jamie Foxx's Ray—and ask why some performances feel definitive. Expect hot takes, curveballs, and a watchlist you'll actually use all month long: Penitentiary, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, Cornbread Earl and Me, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, and more.Sports and spectacle make a cameo. We kick around Super Bowl predictions, halftime hype, commercials worth caring about, and even question who the game is really for. Then it's back to joy: karaoke plans, catfish updates, and the movies on our radar right now. If you need a fast way to build a Black History Month queue, we've got you covered with a mix of canon and cult, heavy and hilarious, glossy and gritty. Hit play for laughs, stay for the list, and leave with five films to watch tonight.If this episode made you argue with your speakers, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and drop your top five Black movies in a review—what did we miss?Thanks for listening to the Nobody's Talking Podcast. Follow us on Twitter: (nobodystalking1), Instagram : (nobodystalkingpodcast) and email us at (nobodystalkingpodcast@gmail.com) Thank you!
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson pays tribute to the life and career of legendary biographer, screenwriter and novelist Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with an interview recorded in February 1988. […] The post A Tribute to Alex Haley (Ep. 10, 2026 re-broadcast) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K In the Notorious Mass Effect segment, Analytic Dreamz dives into Rod Wave's surprise Christmas drop "Feed the Streets", released December 25, 2025, as a holdover single ahead of his forthcoming album Don't Look Down (no confirmed 2026 release date yet).The Florida trap-soul artist delivers his signature melodic R&B over minimalist production: finger-picked guitar, classic trap drums, and simple bassline in a tight 2:58 runtime. The track channels personal grief—referencing Key Glock losing Young Dolph and Rod Wave's late uncle—while addressing generational tension, leadership for a "lost generation," and industry power dynamics. Lyrics name-drop Tupac Shakur, Malcolm X, and Suge Knight, framing themes of control vs. independence, distrust, and revolutionary gangster wisdom: "This that gangster shit that Malcolm X was preachin' 'bout / That 2Pac was teachin' 'bout."Directed by Cam Grey, the official music video features private jet boarding, backstage tour footage, and emotional visuals, amassing over 6 million views shortly after premiere (now on all streaming platforms as of January 30, 2026)."Feed the Streets" follows October 2025's "Leavin'" and reinforces Rod Wave's winter release pattern with raw, emotional impact. It builds anticipation for Don't Look Down, focused on avoiding self-sabotage and overthinking success post-breakthrough, including a track titled "Redemption."The single arrives amid the Redemption Experience Tour wrap-up under his new Mainstay Touring company (formed after a $27M+ lawsuit dispute with Grizzly Touring over the canceled Last Lap Tour). Final shows: Atlanta's State Farm Arena (Dec 28 & 29, 2025) and Miami's Kaseya Center (Jan 1 & 2, 2026).Analytic Dreamz breaks down the lyrical depth, cultural references, visual storytelling, and how this positions Rod Wave for dominant 2026 momentum in trap-soul.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Candace Owens is now claiming that Charlie Kirk was a time traveller and that she is an Alien.. Conspiracy theorists in America are claiming that the recent snowfall is fake..Thickest flat earther thinks Malcolm X is really Denzel Washington..support the show buymeacoffee.com/whatkastmerch store https://whatkast-kgb-shop.fourthwall.com
Welcome back to The Bubba Dub Show, where we keep it REAL, RAW, and UNFILTERED. Today Bubba Dub unloads on EVERYTHING that’s been swirling in the NBA and beyond — and trust me, everybody catching smoke
Mark Christian Thompson's book, Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (University of Chicago Press, 2022) examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century African American writers and thinkers, showing how their investments in sociology and anthropology gave way to a growing interest in German philosophy and critical theory by the 1960s. Thompson analyzes this shift in intellectual focus across the post-war decades, pinpointing its clearest expression in Amiri Baraka's writings on jazz and blues, in which he insisted on philosophy as the critical means by which to grasp African American expressive culture. More sociologically oriented thinkers, such as W. E. B. Du Bois, had understood blackness as a singular set of socio-historical characteristics. In contrast, writers such as Baraka, James Baldwin, Angela Y. Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and Malcolm X were variously drawn to notions of an African essence, an ontology of Black being. For them, the work of Adorno, Habermas, Marcuse, and German thinkers was a vital resource, allowing for continued cultural-materialist analysis while accommodating the hermeneutical aspects of African American religious thought. Mark Christian Thompson argues that these efforts to reimagine Black singularity led to a phenomenological understanding of blackness--a "Black aesthetic dimension" wherein aspirational models for Black liberation might emerge. Brittney Edmonds is an Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies at UW-Madison. I specialize in 20th and 21st century African American Literature and Culture with a special interest in Black Humor Studies. Read more about my work at brittneymichelleedmonds.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Michael breaks down everything from tariff wars to a couple staging a fake hair‑in‑the‑food moment. Then it’s nostalgia time—Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, forgotten restaurants, Brigitte Bardot drama, and the iconic “We Didn’t Start the Fire” roll‑call. Wrapped with a classic Houston Fire Department spoof.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Van and Rachel welcome author, activist, and daughter of Malcolm X, Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz, to discuss her father's autobiography, 60 years after its first publication. Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Ashleigh Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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